​Voice AI works right up until it doesn't. Half a second of dead air, a bot that talks over the customer, an agent that can't handle being interrupted — and the illusion breaks. That's the war.

​Latency Wars is a team buildathon where you ship real voice agents on Persistence's newly launched web app. Not a sandbox — the full product, the same one teams are putting into production.

​What you'll build

​Real use cases from the companies solving this at scale: Acko, Flipkart, UniCards, FirstClub, Rapido, FabHotels and Swish.

​Claims intake, delivery support, card servicing, hotel bookings, rider ops. Pick a brief, form a team, ship an agent that can hold a live call.

​How the day runs

• ​Icebreakers first — come alone, leave with a team.

• ​hours of build time on Persistence, with our engineers on the floor.

• ​Live demos, judged on latency, interruption handling and whether it would actually survive a real customer.

​What's in it for you

• ​Cash prizes

• ​Direct hiring interviews — hiring partners in the room, no cold applications

• ​Food through the day, and an after-party built for real networking

​Who should be here

​Engineers and Operators who want to build voice agents.

​And Founders who want to see what these agents can do for their own funnel before they commit a quarter to finding out. Both leave with something.

​Backed by Google, Accel and Neon.

​Persistence AI Office (Hanto Artemis-Center, HSR) · 12th Sept, 2026 · 1PM - 6PM